Geert Claes

Past
  • Business Analyst & Information Architect at Queensland Health (Self-employed)
  • Business Analyst & Information Architect at Queensland Studies Authority (Self-employed)
  • Business Analyst, Information Architect & Pre-Sales Consultant at CTG
  • Business Analyst & Information Architect at Queensland Department of Employment and Training (Self-employed)
  • Technical Designer & Senior Analyst Programmer at EDS (Self-Employed)
  • Senior Analyst Programmer at Prowess Development
  • Consultant & Instructor at Sybase
  • Senior Analyst Programmer at European Experts
  • Analyst Programmer at Cegeka
  • Analyst Programmer at FICS
  • Cook at Ristorante Piazza
Education
  • Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg
Connections
251 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Geert Claes’s Summary

Starting as an Analyst/Programmer, I gradually became more and more involved in the design aspect of software development. During my career, I have been involved in numerous full software development lifecycles. At Sybase I worked as a Consultant as well as an Instructor. When taking on the role of Team Leader and System Designer, I found modelling and creating system architectures as well as mentoring junior developers very gratifying. Over the last 7 years I have become the interface between the business and the technical team as a Business Analyst, Information Architect and User Experience Designer.

Geert Claes’s Specialties:

• Provide ICT advice to senior management;
• Analyse and (re-)engineer business processes;
• Organise and facilitate workshops and presentations;
• Analyse and design an information model and logical data model;
• Gather and model business and system requirements;
• Design workflows, screen mock-ups and wireframes;
• Communicate and engage management, end-users and technical experts;
• Co-operate with the test team to ensure all system requirements are covered by test cases.


Geert Claes’s Experience

  • Business Analyst & Information Architect

    Queensland Health (Self-employed)

    (Government Agency; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    March 2008August 2009 (1 year 6 months)

    BreastScreen Queensland project implementing new digital mammography equipment (CR & DR Mammography as well as a state-wide PACS) across Queensland;
    • Analyse and document Business Processes and Business Requirements;
    • Analyse and document System Requirements (including digital reading of mammography images);
    • User-Centered design using Wireframes, Screen Mock-ups and Workflow diagrams

    Endoscopy & BowelScreen Queensland project implementing new COTS product across Queensland;
    • Analyse and document workflow to identify equipment requirements

  • Business Analyst & Information Architect

    Queensland Studies Authority (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Government Administration industry)

    October 2006March 2008 (1 year 6 months)

    • Map business processes to the strategic plan, policies and procedures;
    • Analyse, (re-)engineer & document business processes;
    • Analyse and document Business Requirements;
    • User-Centered design using Wireframes, Screen Mock-ups and Workflow diagrams.

  • Business Analyst, Information Architect & Pre-Sales Consultant

    CTG

    (Public Company; CTG; Information Technology and Services industry)

    July 2005August 2006 (1 year 2 months)

    • Analyse, (re-)engineer & document business processes.
    • Assess and analyse business cases, create proposals and prepare and present advise to clients.
    • Define vision of the solution and (re-)engineer business processes.
    • Gather system & user requirements through workshops with business users.
    • User-Centered design using Wireframes, Screen Mock-ups and Workflow diagrams.

  • Business Analyst & Information Architect

    Queensland Department of Employment and Training (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Government Administration industry)

    October 2003April 2005 (1 year 7 months)

    • Working with senior management and business users to map out the current business processes and re-engineer or streamline these processes where required.
    • Gather and document requirements for new or redeveloped ICT systems to support the business processes.
    • Manage projects and the collaboration between the business users and the ICT solution provider.
    • Create and present Business Cases to get project funding.
    • Advise the business of possible ICT solutions and ensure the ICT solution provider presents a realistic quote.
    • Work with the newly established Office of the CIO to establish departmental standards and methodologies.

  • Technical Designer & Senior Analyst Programmer

    EDS (Self-Employed)

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    July 2002June 2003 (1 year )

    Senior Analyst Programmer and Technical Designer as a contractor via EDS for Westpac Bank's mortgages department.
    • Technical analysis and design of software components using UML.
    • Develop system framework
    • Mentored and delegated work to junior developers.

  • Senior Analyst Programmer

    Prowess Development

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    July 2000April 2002 (1 year 10 months)

    Senior Analyst Programmer for a marketing company called Pinpoint Marketing which managed credit card rewards programs for most major Australian banks.

  • Consultant & Instructor

    Sybase

    (Public Company; SY; Computer Software industry)

    May 1998June 2000 (2 years 2 months)

    Consultant for a number of Sybase clients in Belgium and course Instructor in Brussels & Luxembourg.

  • Senior Analyst Programmer

    European Experts

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    May 1997May 1998 (1 year 1 month)

    Analyst Programmer on a number of small projects for Paribas Banque Belgique in Brussels, Belgium.

  • Analyst Programmer

    Cegeka

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 1997May 1997 (5 months)

    Analyst Programmer on a project for a hospital in La Louviere, Belgium.

  • Analyst Programmer

    FICS

    (Privately Held; SONE; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 1995January 1997 (1 year 5 months)

    Software Programmer on a major securities trading banking system for Banque National de Paris (BNP) in Paris.

  • Cook

    Ristorante Piazza

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Hospitality industry)

    October 1991October 1995 (4 years 1 month)

    Whilst studying my IT degree I worked in an Italian restaurant. I started of as a simple Kitchen Hand but I quickly started to prepare more and more dishes until I was able to cook the entire menu and run the kitchen.


Geert Claes’s Education

  • Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg

    Ba , Applied Informatics , 19921995

    This school was previously known as PHHI and is located in Hasselt, Belgium.


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Geert Claes’s Interests:

Professional: Information Architecture & User Experience Design (IA & UxD), Education & Training, Healthcare (Breast screening), Banking Personal: Wining & Dining, Mountain Biking, Football (the global game), Rugby Union (as a spectator), Snowboarding


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